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Robert G. Shibley

Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Urban design and planning, urban revitalization,
postindustrial cities, Buffalo and Western New York, the Rust
Belt

Robert G. Shibley, an architect and planner, is one of the
Buffalo Niagara region and Rust Belt’s preeminent urban
thinkers.

He can speak to the media on a wide range of topics related to
architecture and planning, including Buffalo’s
revival, the remaking of postindustrial cities, and urban
development.

As founding director of the Urban Design Project at UB, Shibley
was deeply involved in efforts in the 1990s and 2000s to reimagine
Buffalo and Western New York

He led development of Buffalo’s comprehensive plan; the
Queen City Hub, which envisioned downtown Buffalo as a center of
commerce and public life in the region; a master plan for the
city’s Olmsted Park and parkway system; and a plan for
Buffalo’s waterfront. Shibley also led UB’s development
of a comprehensive plan for its three-campus footprint, including
its emerging downtown campus.

For these and other efforts, Shibley has received numerous
national recognitions, including the American Institute of
Architects’ (AIA) prestigious Thomas Jefferson Award for
Public Architecture in 2014. He is also a fellow of the AIA

CONTACT:

Robert G. Shibley, MArchDean of the School of Architecture and Planning University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning

Shibley can also be reached through David Hill in UB Media
Relations (716-645-4651, davidhil@buffalo.edu) or
Rachel Teaman in the School of Architecture and Planning
(716-829-3794, rmansour@buffalo.edu).